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(No Model.) v F. E. HEINIG & S. LEIDIGH.

CORK RETAINER.

No. 357,825. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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UNITE STAT S PATENT OFFICE,

FREDERIGK E.v HEINIG AND SAMUEL LEIDIGH, OF LOUISVILLE, KY.

CORK-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,825, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed December-2T, 1886. Serial No. 222,630.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREDERICK E. HEI- NIG and SAMUEL LEIDIGH, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Bottle-Caps or Cork-Retainers; and we do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvementin bottle-caps or cork-retainers; and it consists of a strap or plate, of any suitable material, to extend around the neck of the bottle, and which has its ends so formed that they can be fast ened together, and which is provided with two straps, which form a part of the plate itself, which extend from the upper edge of the plate for the purpose of passing up over the top of the cork, as will be more fully described here inafter.

The object of our invention is to produce a very cheap and simple bottlecap or cork-retainer, which is made from a single piece of light metal, and which when applied to a bottle prevents the cork from coming out or being blown out by the pressure of the gas in the bottle, and at the same time gives the bottle an ornamental appearance.

Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 are plan views of a bottlecap embodying our in vention. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a cap applied to a bottle. Fig. 6 is a perspective of one of the links used in connection with the cap.

A represents a strap, made of any suitable light sheet metal and of just sufficient length to extend around the neck of the bottle to which it is to be applied and allow its two ends to be fastened together. One end of the strap may be formed into a head, 3, and the other end into two short strips, 0, which are to be bent back around the opposite sides of the head; or one end may be provided with an openingor a link, J, and the other end, F, be reduced in size, so as to pass freely through the opening or link and then be turned backward to fasten the strap tightly around the neck of the bottle,

(No model.)

Extending from the upper edge of the strap, at a suitable distance apart, are the two shorter straps G, which form a part of the one A, and which extend up over the top of the cork in the mouth of the bottle from opposite sides, for the purpose of holding it in place. The upper ends of these two straps are so formed that they can be fastened together over the top of the cork, and thus prevent it from being blown out by the pressure of the gas in the bottle or becoming accidentally displaced from any reason. The upper end of one strap G may have a suitable opening, H, made through it, or it may have a suitable link, I, fastened to it, and then the upper end of the other strap be passed through the opening or link and then turned back.

A cap or cork-retainer constructed as above described can be quickly applied to a bottle, and will hold the cork in place against any ordinary pressure, can he used a number of times, and be applied to bottles of different sizes.

We are aware that a band has been used'to pass around the neck of the bottle in connec' tion with two separate straps to pass up over the cork, the lower ends of the straps being bent so as to catch under the band, and this we disclaim. Our invention differs from this iii making the entire cap in one piece, so as to save thoptime and trouble of making the parts separately and then connecting them together.

Having thus described our invention, we claim A bottle-cap or cork-retainer composed of a strap which has its ends formed so as to be adapted to be fastened around the neck of a bottle, and which has two short straps extending from its upper edge, but forming a part of the strap, and which are adapted to have their upper ends fastened together over the top of the cork, substantially as shown and de scribed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK E. HEINIG. SAMUEL LEIDLGH.

Witn esses:

W. F. SIMPSON, SAM WEBB. 

